Waterbirth

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In this section you can read about waterbirth stories, explore articles on waterbirth, check out the waterbirth links, find out where to have a waterbirth, shop for waterbirth products, watch waterbirth videos and much, much more. "An important element in using immersion in water for labour and possibly for the birth of the baby is that it provides an effective way of helping the woman cope with the pain of labour, and gives back control of birth to the woman herself. Yet there is more to it even than that. It seems to create an entirely different environment and atmosphere for a woman giving birth, as it does also for the midwife caring for her. Birth takes place in a quiet room, with personal care from a midwife who is concerned to support the normal physiological process of birth" (Lesley Page and Sheila Kitzinger in A midwifery perspective on the use of water in labour and birth, Maternal and Child Health Jan 1995).